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Chapter 1 - What Is a Project?
Review Questions
Which organization has set the de facto standards for project management techniques?
A. PMBOK
B. PMO
Cc. PMI
D. PMA
The VP of marketing approaches you and requests that you change the visitor logon screen
on the company’s website to include a username with at least six characters. This is consid-
ered which of the following?
A. Project initiation
B. Ongoing operations
Cc. A project
D. Project execution
Your company manufactures small kitchen appliances. It is introducing a new product line
of appliances in designer colors with distinctive features for kitchens in small spaces. These
new products will be offered indefinitely starting with the spring catalog release. Which of
the following is true?
A. This is a project because this new product line has never been manufactured and sold
by this company before.
B. This is an ongoing operation because the company is in the business of manufacturing
kitchen appliances. Introducing designer colors and features is simply a new twist on
an existing process.
C. This is an ongoing operation because the new product line will be sold indefinitely. It’s
not temporary.
D. This is not a project or an ongoing operation. This is a new product introduction not
affecting ongoing operations.
Your company manufactures small kitchen appliances. It is introducing a new product
line of appliances in designer colors with distinctive features for kitchens in small spaces.
These new products will be offered indefinitely starting with the spring catalog release. To
determine the characteristics and features of the new product line, you will have to perform
which of the following?
A. Fast tracking
B. Consulting with the stakeholders
C. Planning the project life cycle
D. Progressive elaboration
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A project is considered successful when
A. the product of the project has been manufactured
B. the project sponsor announces the completion of the project
C. the product of the project is turned over to the operations area to handle the ongoing
aspects of the project
D. the project meets or exceeds the expectations of the stakeholders
The VP of customer service has expressed concern over a project in which you’re involved.
His specific concern is that if the project is implemented as planned, he’ll have to purchase
additional equipment to staff his customer service center. The cost was not taken into con-
sideration in the project budget. The project sponsor insists that the project must go for-
ward as originally planned or the customer will suffer. Which of the following is true?
A. The VP of customer service is correct. Since the cost was not taken into account at the
beginning of the project, the project should not go forward as planned. Project initiation
should be revisited to examine the project plan and determine how changes can be made
to accommodate customer service.
B. The conflict should be resolved in favor of the customer.
C. The conflict should be resolved in favor of the project sponsor.
D. The conflict should be resolved in favor of the VP of customer service.
Which of the following applies a set of tools and techniques used to describe, organize, and
monitor the work of project activities to meet the project requirements?
A. Project managers
B. The PMBOK® Guide
C. Project management
D. Stakeholders
All of the following are true regarding phase-to-phase relationships except for which one?
A. Planning for an iterative phase begins when the work of the previous phase is progressing.
B. Handoffs occur after a phase-end review in an overlapping phased project.
C. During sequentially phased projects, the previous phase must finish before the next
phase can begin.
D. Fast tracking is a compression technique that can be applied as a phase-to-phase
relationship.
All of the following statements are true except for which one?
A. Programs are groups of related projects.
B. Project life cycles are collections of sequential and occasionally overlapping project phases.
C. A project may or may not be part of a program.
D. Portfolios are collections of interdependent projects or programs.